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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners 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 a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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