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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic educational technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOCs are free for students but do not 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 technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Tanzania to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Academics want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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