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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners 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 several topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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