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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic educational technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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