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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are generally 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 a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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