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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning enable people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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