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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners 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 several subjects that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the most important 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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