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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC classes are usually 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 quite a few issues that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Academics want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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