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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily 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 topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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