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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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