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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several topics that online learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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