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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in digital education technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free 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 numerous issues that online education organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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