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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the intriguing 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 thrilling new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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