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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not 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 distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Burundi to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major 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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