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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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