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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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