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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in digital education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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