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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently 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 struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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