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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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