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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology enable learners all over the world to take courses 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 normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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