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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are typically 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 numerous issues that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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