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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in distance learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education