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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are customarily 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 a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education ventures. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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