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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are usually 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 many topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Albania to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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