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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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