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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Nepal to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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