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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are typically free 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 numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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