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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOCs are normally 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 many issues that online learning organizations are having to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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