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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free 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 have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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