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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning enable people all over the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners 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 several subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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