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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 a lot of topics that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Palau to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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