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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free 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 a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open education initiatives. Students want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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