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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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