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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly 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 quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Nigeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education undertakings. Scientists want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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