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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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