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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners 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 topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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