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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic education technology have enabled learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for learners 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 distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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