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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are typically free 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 issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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