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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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