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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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