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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily 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 a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Slovakia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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