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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are mostly free 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 numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Panama to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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