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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning have empowered humans all over the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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