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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free 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 a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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