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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning enable humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students 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 subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better perceive these new open education initiatives. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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