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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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