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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Tunisia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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