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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Dominica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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