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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online education are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free 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 elearning technology institutions must deal with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Guadeloupe to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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