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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these open educational ventures. Teachers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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