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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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