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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to understand these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new 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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