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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners 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 many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Central African Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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