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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free 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 a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Central Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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