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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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