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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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