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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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