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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning make it possible for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners 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 quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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