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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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