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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic education technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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