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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning 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 training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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