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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in elearning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are usually free for students 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 variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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