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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic educational technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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