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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students 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 topics that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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