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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly 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 a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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