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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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