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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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