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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs 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 a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these new open educational ventures. Academics want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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