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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily 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 numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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