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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in digital education technology are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Aland to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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