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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily 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 numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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