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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners 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 several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The Ohio State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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