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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Turkey to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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