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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are normally 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 learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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