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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly 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 variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open education ventures. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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