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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in e-learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners 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 numerous subjects that online education organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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