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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly 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 quite a few issues that online education organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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