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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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