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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to understand these open education ventures. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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