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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these new open educational ventures. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the 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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