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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for learners 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 e-learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cook Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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