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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Montenegro to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open education initiatives. Educators want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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