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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have enabled humans all around the world to take part in courses online. 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 ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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