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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free 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 variety of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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