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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free 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 numerous subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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