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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses 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 numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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