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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily 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 a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like McHenry County College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Researchers want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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