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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and 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. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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