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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are generally free for students 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 have to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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