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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Indonesia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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