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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are 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 a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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