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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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