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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always 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 numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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