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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners 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 learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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