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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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