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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free 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 elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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