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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Trainers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also describes 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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