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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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