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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners 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 online education organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these new open education endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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