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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are normally 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 a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peter I Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the key 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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