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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning enable students all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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