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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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