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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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