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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are generally 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 many issues that online education organizations are considering today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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