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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for students 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 a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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