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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning technology enable students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students 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 many issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also addresses 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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