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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually 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 several issues that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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