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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not 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 several subjects that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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