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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners 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 issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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