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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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