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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are customarily 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 a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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