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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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