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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are considering now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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