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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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