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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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