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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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