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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other participants need to understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Scientists want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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