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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students 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 topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Clemson University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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