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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in elearning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to understand these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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