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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly 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 a lot of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Serbia to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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