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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs 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 topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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