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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning enable students all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free 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 quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open education ventures. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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