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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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