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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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