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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online courses. 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 numerous issues that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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