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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive 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 resource subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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