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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in digital education technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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