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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners 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 quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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