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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever 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 participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also examines the key 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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