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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 subjects that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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