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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free 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 blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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