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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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