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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free 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 lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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