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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning enable students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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