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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are typically 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 topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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