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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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