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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are normally free for students 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 variety of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open educational ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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