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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in elearning enable learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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