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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students 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 several topics that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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