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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in e-learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. 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. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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