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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are generally 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 organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Educators want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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