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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in elearning are empowering people all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education undertakings. Public servants want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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