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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Clipperton Island to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open education endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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