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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners 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 e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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