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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly 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 a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This sensational new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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