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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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