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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. 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. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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