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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in blended learning have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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