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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are usually 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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