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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly 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 issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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