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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning technology have enabled students all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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