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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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