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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are free for students 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 a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Romania to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open educational ventures. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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