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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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