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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally 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 many issues that learning technology institutions are considering now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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