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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massive open online courses? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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