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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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