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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in digital education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are considering now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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