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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free 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 topics that distance learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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