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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to understand these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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