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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning technology enable learners all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC 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 topics that blended learning institutions have to consider now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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