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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free 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 topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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