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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not 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 numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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