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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always 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 quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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