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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This amazing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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