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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in e-learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free 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 learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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