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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Educators want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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