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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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