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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are mostly 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 variety of subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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