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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education technology make it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better grasp these intriguing new open educational ventures. Instructors want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing 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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