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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. MOOC courses are usually free 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 a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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