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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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