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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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