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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners 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 lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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