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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education technology enable humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education undertakings. Professors want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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