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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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