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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several topics that online education organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better perceive these open education initiatives. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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