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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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