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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are considering now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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