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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in online learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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