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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning enable learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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