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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are usually 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 issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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