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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in technology-enhanced learning enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. People want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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