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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are usually free for students 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 lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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