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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in digital education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not 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 technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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