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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners 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 lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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