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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are typically free 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 a lot of topics that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bowling Green State University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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