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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are generally 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 variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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