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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are typically free for students 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 many issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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