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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better understand these important new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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