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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs 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 e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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