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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. 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 customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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