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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for students 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 lot of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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