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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not 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 technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Hungary to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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