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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ghana to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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