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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually 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 topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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