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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in electronic educational technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners 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 quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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