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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOCs are 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 quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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