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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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