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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily 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 many subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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