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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are generally 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 many issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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