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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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