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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently 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 online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Marquette University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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