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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs 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 many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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