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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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