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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are normally 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 numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better grasp these important new open educational endeavours. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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