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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in electronic education technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not 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 learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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