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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several topics that learning technology institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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