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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students 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 numerous topics that online learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Maldives to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also talks about 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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