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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning are empowering learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally 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 many issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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