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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students 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 a variety of issues that online learning institutions are considering today because learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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