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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always 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 numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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