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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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