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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online 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 several topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Benin to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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