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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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