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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in digital education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open 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 having to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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