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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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