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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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