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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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