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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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