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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are 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 lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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