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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are normally 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 a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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