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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students 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 subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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