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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are almost always 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 a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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