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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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