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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly 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 several subjects that online education institutions have to consider now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Suriname to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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