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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly 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 issues that elearning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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