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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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