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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are free for learners 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 distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Panama to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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