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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology enable learners all over the world to participate in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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