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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 topics that online learning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. People want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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