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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners 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 a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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