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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are 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 quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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