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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners 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 a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these fascinating new open education endeavours. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive demand 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 education subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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