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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always 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 quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, South to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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