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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are customarily 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 blended learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Emory University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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