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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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