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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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