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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic educational technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students 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 learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ecuador to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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