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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are ordinarily 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 a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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