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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always 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 many issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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