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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily 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 a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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