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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology enable humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are generally 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 numerous subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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