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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online learning technology enable learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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