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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly 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 a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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