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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. 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. These MOOCs are generally 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 technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Thailand to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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