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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly 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 quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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