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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning enable humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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