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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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