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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. 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 almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Bolivia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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