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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many topics that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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