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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly 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 many subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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