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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC courses are mostly 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 quite a few issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massive open online courses? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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