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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning are enabling students all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many topics that elearning organizations are considering today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bowling Green State University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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