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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also describes the key 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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