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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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