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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning have enabled students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants want to better perceive these significant new open educational initiatives. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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