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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning enable students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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