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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free 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 many issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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