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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are considering today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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