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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations must deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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