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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners 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 many issues that distance learning organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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