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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly 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 many topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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