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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education have empowered students all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily 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 a variety of topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ohio State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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