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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in digital education technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Liechtenstein to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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