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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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