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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education technology enable humans all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free 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 a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other participants desire to better understand these new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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