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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education enable people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free 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 topics that elearning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these new open education ventures. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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