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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students 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 numerous topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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