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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology have empowered humans all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are normally free for students 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 a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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