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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are normally free for students 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 several topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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