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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are normally 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 variety of subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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