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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to be more aware of these compelling new open education undertakings. Instructors want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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