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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Rutgers University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Students want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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