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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education