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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online education have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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