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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to understand these important new open educational initiatives. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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