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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in e-learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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