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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are almost always 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that elearning institutions are considering in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational undertakings. Educators want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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