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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for students 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 many subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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