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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bermuda to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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