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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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