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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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