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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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