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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily 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 a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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