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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily 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 many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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