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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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