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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are 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 many topics that learning technology institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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