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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally 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 many issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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