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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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