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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are customarily free for students 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 issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Ukraine to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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