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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning are empowering students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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