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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally 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 numerous issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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