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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally 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 several topics that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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