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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are generally 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 many topics that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Educators want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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