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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several topics that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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