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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses 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 numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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