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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in blended learning enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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