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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in online education are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners 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 several issues that online learning institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these fascinating new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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