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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students 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 numerous topics that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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