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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology enable people all around the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students 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 several issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Professors want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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