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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily 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 quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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