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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Aruba to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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