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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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