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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are considering in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Panama to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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