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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are mostly 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 numerous topics that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better understand these significant new open education initiatives. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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