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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education have empowered students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students 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 issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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