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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. 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 quite a few issues that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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