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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning enable students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are usually 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 subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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