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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students 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 many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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