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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are generally free 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 many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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