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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners 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 numerous issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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