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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students 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 several issues that online learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Grenada to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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