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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology are enabling learners all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are generally free 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 a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these compelling new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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