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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are typically free 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 numerous subjects that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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