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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs 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 a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Norfolk Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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