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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in digital education technology are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing 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 control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open education ventures. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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