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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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