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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students 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 lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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