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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are generally free 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 several issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mali to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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