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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education are empowering students in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically 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 a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mauritius to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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