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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning enable people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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