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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students 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 many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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