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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always 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 blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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