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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students 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 quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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