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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open education ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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