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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in digital education technology enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free 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 variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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