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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning have enabled students in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free 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 numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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