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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in learning technology enable learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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