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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in digital education technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free 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 having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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