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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are usually free for students 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 numerous issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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