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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cuba to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these compelling new open education undertakings. Public servants want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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