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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online learning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guadeloupe to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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