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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are 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 many issues that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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