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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily 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 quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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