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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students 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 variety of issues that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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