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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners 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 several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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