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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations have to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these new open education endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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