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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free 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 topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Grenada to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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