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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily 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 a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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