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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students 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 issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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