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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally 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 a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to consider today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these important new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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