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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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