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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in elearning make it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are customarily 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 many issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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