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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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