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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are customarily 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 many subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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