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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 massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free 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 topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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