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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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