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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in e-learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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