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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are usually free but do not 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 distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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