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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Denmark to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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