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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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