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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology enable people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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