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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education ventures. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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