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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education endeavours. Students want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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