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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning make it possible for learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly 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 a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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