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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students 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 many topics that elearning institutions are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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