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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily 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 a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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