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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Andorra to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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