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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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