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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are usually free 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 quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Denmark to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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