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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in e-learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take online courses. 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. Massive open online courses are customarily free 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 quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Aland to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Students want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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