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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in learning technology enable humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are generally free 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 a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mauritius to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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