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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are usually 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 quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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