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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning are making it possible for humans all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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