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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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