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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Norfolk Island to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open education ventures. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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