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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners 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 numerous issues that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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