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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily 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 quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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