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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning are empowering students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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