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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are free 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 issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to understand these fascinating new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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