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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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