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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning make it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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