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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning enable learners all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are 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 a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Monaco to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to understand these new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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