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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOC courses are generally 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 a lot of issues that learning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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