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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Seychelles to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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