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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning are enabling humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to consider today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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