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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? 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 Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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