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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students 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 many issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing need 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 education issues. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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