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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like China, People's Republic of to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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