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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take part in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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