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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily 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 subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these compelling new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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