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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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