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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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