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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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