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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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