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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are 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 variety of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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