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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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