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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not 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 many issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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