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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning technology enable humans all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are free 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 numerous issues that online learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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