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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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