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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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