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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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