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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these intriguing new open education ventures. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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