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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always 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 have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Oman to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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