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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students 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 variety of issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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