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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. 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 MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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