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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners 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 topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to understand these promising new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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