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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 numerous subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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