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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily 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 technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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