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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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