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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in blended learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Montserrat to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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