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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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