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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in online education have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are generally free for learners 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 subjects that elearning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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