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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning have empowered humans all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners 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 numerous topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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