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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners 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 online learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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