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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners 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 several issues that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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