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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online education have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are 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 subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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