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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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