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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always 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 several subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to be more aware of these significant new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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