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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free 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 blended learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Kitts and Nevis to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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