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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students 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 education organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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