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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational undertakings. People want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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