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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning have enabled humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not 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 numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open education experiments. People want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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