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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in blended learning make it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these compelling new open education ventures. Professors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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