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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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