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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always 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 many issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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