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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education are empowering people all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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