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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many topics that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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