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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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