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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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