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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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