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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning enable students all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are customarily 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 quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Afghanistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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