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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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