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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily 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 many issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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