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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always 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 learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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