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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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