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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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