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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in electronic educational technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically 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 many topics that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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