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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally 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 numerous topics that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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