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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are free for students 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 a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ukraine to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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