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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online education have enabled humans all over the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are almost always 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 quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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