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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOCs are customarily 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 a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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