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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always 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 numerous subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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