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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free 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 a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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