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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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