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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also explores 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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