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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students 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 a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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