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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology have empowered students all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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