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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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