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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other participants want to better perceive these new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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