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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally 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 struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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