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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in elearning are enabling learners all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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