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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Iraq to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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