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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. 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. MOOCs are normally 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 a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Scientists want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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