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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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