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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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