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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these compelling new open education endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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