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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly 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 technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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