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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are free for students 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 a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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