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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are usually 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 several subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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