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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in technology-enhanced learning enable people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always 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 learning institutions are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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