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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students 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 quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for information the 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 inspiring new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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