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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC 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 quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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