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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in blended learning are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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