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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to understand these promising new open education ventures. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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