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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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