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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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