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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several topics that learning technology organizations have to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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