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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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