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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC classes are almost always 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 many issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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