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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open education undertakings. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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