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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning are providing the means for learners all over the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are almost always 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 a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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