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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly 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 lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Indonesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to understand these new open education ventures. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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