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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free 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 having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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