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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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