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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Students want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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