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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Scholars want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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