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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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