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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not 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 online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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