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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are mostly 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 numerous topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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