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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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