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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in elearning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly 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 a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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