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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are 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 numerous issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Afghanistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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