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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Cape Verde to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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