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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand these significant new open education experiments. People want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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