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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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