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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students 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 numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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