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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students 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 quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)