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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students 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 variety of issues that online education organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. People want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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