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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners 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 numerous topics that online education organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this growing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education