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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning are enabling learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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