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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are generally 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 several subjects that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the key 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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