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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open education undertakings. Academics want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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