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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are 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 variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this demand for data the gripping 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 inspiring new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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