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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for students 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 numerous subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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