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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the most important 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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