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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology enable students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the most important 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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