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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are generally free for students 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 online education institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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