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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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