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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students 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 a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Georgia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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