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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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