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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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