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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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