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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. Massive open online courses are typically 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 issues that elearning organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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