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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are free for learners 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 numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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