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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Belarus to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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