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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning technology enable humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Slovenia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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