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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally 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 lot of topics that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Central African Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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