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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC classes are almost always 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 a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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