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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open online courses are mostly 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 many subjects that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Seychelles to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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