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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are generally 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 many issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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