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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not 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 learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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