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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally 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 many subjects that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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