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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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