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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are normally free for students 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 distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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