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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rutgers University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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