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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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