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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in learning technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOCs are usually free 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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