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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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