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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning have empowered students in nations all aver the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like North Seattle Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational ventures. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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