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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are considering today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritius to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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